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since election day, the dow is down nearly 700 points since the election. this morning we learned that the euro zone has fallen back into recession. that's the second recession in europe in four years. and there's the looming tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. ceos were optimistic about their 90-minute meeting with president obama yesterday. walmart ceo mike duke in a statement urging a solution to the fiscal cliff. he says this, "our customers are working hard to adapt to the new normal, but their confidence is still very fragile. they're shopping for christmas now and they don't need uncertainty over a tax increase." and it's interesting, because insiders, inside the beltway, are starting to say, well, it's more like a slope, it's not a cliff. >> i think mike duke is right. it's a cliff. >> it's a cliff if you're going to get a tax increase in your first paycheck next year. it's a cliff if you're not going to get your payroll tax holiday, which is 20 bucks a month. it's a cliff if you're living paycheck to paycheck, which is what m
since election day, the dow is down nearly 700 points since the election. this morning we learned that the euro zone has fallen back into recession. that's the second recession in europe in four years. and there's the looming tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. ceos were optimistic about their 90-minute meeting with president obama yesterday. walmart ceo mike duke in a statement urging a solution to the fiscal cliff. he says this, "our customers are working hard to...
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election is over, yay, it's over. now everybody in washington, d.c., has moved into another dramatic thing, which is the fiscal cliff that we've been talking about. it's massive spending cuts and tax increases that take effect on january 1st, unless congress takes some action to avoid it. christine, senator boehner wasting no time to begin. really, i think they called the press conference yesterday, at 3:30, had a press conference so got right into it. >> by 5:00 in the morning yesterday, the day after the election, immediately everybody was saying first order of business is the fiscal cliff. the same cast of characters, basically, in washington, but the scenery has changed, the set has changed, and now they've got 54 days to fix this this. this is what the speaker said yesterday about the fiscal cliff and where they're willing to go. >> a stronger economy means more revenue, which is what the president seeks. because the american people expect us to find common ground, we're waiting to accept some additional revenues
election is over, yay, it's over. now everybody in washington, d.c., has moved into another dramatic thing, which is the fiscal cliff that we've been talking about. it's massive spending cuts and tax increases that take effect on january 1st, unless congress takes some action to avoid it. christine, senator boehner wasting no time to begin. really, i think they called the press conference yesterday, at 3:30, had a press conference so got right into it. >> by 5:00 in the morning yesterday,...
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this is where the election could hinge. and one of the factors in the political landscape here has been that the unemployment rate is significantly lower than the national average. 7% here. so you could argue that barring some dramatic swing from what is expected, that it may not really matter. it may be continuing to be a lot about the auto bailout, which president obama supported, and which he's going to be touting here today in this event in hilliard, ohio, soledad. >> brianna keilar for us in hilliard, ohio. thank you, appreciate it. want to get to grover norquist. he is the president of americans for tax reform. he's also the author of debacle, obama's war on jobs and growth and what we can now do to regain our future. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> thank you, appreciate that. you heard some of the predictions with christine starting out with those actual numbers. what do you think we're going to see today? >> the key number to look for is not simply the unemployment rate, which is the number o
this is where the election could hinge. and one of the factors in the political landscape here has been that the unemployment rate is significantly lower than the national average. 7% here. so you could argue that barring some dramatic swing from what is expected, that it may not really matter. it may be continuing to be a lot about the auto bailout, which president obama supported, and which he's going to be touting here today in this event in hilliard, ohio, soledad. >> brianna keilar...
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to the previous election. the one that seems to make the most sense is 2004 when john kerry challenged george w. bush. you were at the center of that campaign. tell us how this is similar and different from that campaign and, you know, what you think the romney people are thinking on a night like this, going into a race that looks like it might be a little out of reach for them. but obviously some optimism that they could pull it out. >> i think in the electoral college it's more out of reach than it was in 2004. 2004 with came down to 60,000 votes in ohio. i don't think that's going to happen this year. i think you would have to have almost all of those swing state polls across the swing states uniformly wrong to get into a situation where one state would decide it. secondly, there was an intervening event that last weekend, ryan, that you'll remember, which was the osama bin laden tape where he gave the advice to the american people to throw george w. bush out. that put terrorism right back at the center of
to the previous election. the one that seems to make the most sense is 2004 when john kerry challenged george w. bush. you were at the center of that campaign. tell us how this is similar and different from that campaign and, you know, what you think the romney people are thinking on a night like this, going into a race that looks like it might be a little out of reach for them. but obviously some optimism that they could pull it out. >> i think in the electoral college it's more out of...
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>> frankly, at elected leaders. i find it appalling that we have allowed the gun lobby to lead the debate on policies regarding public safety. i rely on law enforcement as the guiding principal for my decisions on public safety, and i talk with them often and i have since the shooting in april 2007 where my daughter, emily, was shot. and i believe that our public safety officials in law enforcement should be leading the discussion and leegd the ad way on the policies we enact. we've learned much from them after the virginia tech shooting. we'd like them to be the lead spokesmen on the policy debate. not a gun lobby out of make money. >> you said you have been working on this every day since your daughter was shot five years ago now. more than five years ago now. >> yes. >> it's been a hard effort clearly. do you feel like people are listening? why haven't they been listening? >> a segment of the population listening. a large segment of the population listening. in polling, we have the support of not only every ameri
>> frankly, at elected leaders. i find it appalling that we have allowed the gun lobby to lead the debate on policies regarding public safety. i rely on law enforcement as the guiding principal for my decisions on public safety, and i talk with them often and i have since the shooting in april 2007 where my daughter, emily, was shot. and i believe that our public safety officials in law enforcement should be leading the discussion and leegd the ad way on the policies we enact. we've...
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deciding what is the most important issue in this election. they used the words respect and love. let's listen. >> we are demanding that our leaders stop tearing each other down and work together to take action on the big things facing america. tonight we are going to do what my mother taught me. tonight we're going to choose respect over love. >> what do you think he meant by that? >> i'll tell you, very interesting, his mother taught him that. my father taught me that. much more important to be respected than loved. sometimes you have to make very tough decisions that people may not like. let's say with your children or in business, you have to make difficult decisions that will save a business, even though it might mean you've got to cut out some part of it. that's what's lacking in government today. they can't make the tough decisions about social security and medicare and medicaid. i was in front of a group of college students two months ago and said to them, how many of you think you're ever going to collect social security and medicare? four put up their hands, four out of
deciding what is the most important issue in this election. they used the words respect and love. let's listen. >> we are demanding that our leaders stop tearing each other down and work together to take action on the big things facing america. tonight we are going to do what my mother taught me. tonight we're going to choose respect over love. >> what do you think he meant by that? >> i'll tell you, very interesting, his mother taught him that. my father taught me that. much...
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even as an election looms. standing in very long lines where patience is thin, new jersey really hard-hit. a couple of things they're doing there. they've set up a system linking the license plate number to the day your gas can be pumped. it's called an odd/even pool. depends on the day when you can get gas. so far it has not really eased the long lines. i'll tell you we've been getting assurances for days that we're on the verge of having all this fixed. quite frankly the long lines persist. in part because there's a psychological hurt there. people seeing there are lines, they get in them because they're so worried about not being able to get gas. we also have hundreds and hundreds of service stations that can't pump gas because they are still out of power. you've got some new jersey residents waiting now up to four hours in line with their gas cans to cool their generators, to fuel their chain saws. separate lines, soledad to fuel up your car. the cruel irony here, soledad, the gas prices are down 26 cents i
even as an election looms. standing in very long lines where patience is thin, new jersey really hard-hit. a couple of things they're doing there. they've set up a system linking the license plate number to the day your gas can be pumped. it's called an odd/even pool. depends on the day when you can get gas. so far it has not really eased the long lines. i'll tell you we've been getting assurances for days that we're on the verge of having all this fixed. quite frankly the long lines persist....
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not like but it's democratically elected. their economy is strong and they have a strong military. turkey is the place to watch, you can bet president obama is consulting often on a back channel basis with the turks. >> what did you learn -- first, what did you learn about the freedom fighters? this is one of the concerns the international community has, who is the opposition? and secondly, you were one of the first folks in afghanistan in the '80s, very strong views on iraq. what do you think the united states should do about syria? >> good question. >> i'm a reporter, not a diplomat. since you asked, i think there does need to be a concentrated international effort to at least alleviate the humanitarian crisis, you talk about people killed and wounded and suffering. it is by and large, not fighting troops that do suffer, it's the women, the children and the aged and the elderly. they are caught in the middle. they are suffering tremendously. the turks are doing some of the refugee camp work on their border, this is where th
not like but it's democratically elected. their economy is strong and they have a strong military. turkey is the place to watch, you can bet president obama is consulting often on a back channel basis with the turks. >> what did you learn -- first, what did you learn about the freedom fighters? this is one of the concerns the international community has, who is the opposition? and secondly, you were one of the first folks in afghanistan in the '80s, very strong views on iraq. what do you...
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i think since we're looking at a close election, this is about a turnout election. and so turning out your base as well as those who lean republican is very important. what do we see in these stories coming out of the more, quote, moderate mitt romney that we see in the debate and now we see in this remark. is the base is ecstatic. they think this gives him that chance to then speak to those folks who are more receptive to that message. i think you have to look at where he's coming from. i also think he has to explain t folks can make up their minds, but you're right. this is different from inelegantly stating something and he will have to square that thing in a round peg. >> i would love to ask you what you're hearing from your sources about president obama and what he's going to do in the next 12 days to really get up to speed. >> cram. >> to really bring a totally different president obama to the debate in 12 days. what are you hearing in terms of how he's going to prepare differently? what are your sources telling you? he did so badly, of course. >> i have to sa
i think since we're looking at a close election, this is about a turnout election. and so turning out your base as well as those who lean republican is very important. what do we see in these stories coming out of the more, quote, moderate mitt romney that we see in the debate and now we see in this remark. is the base is ecstatic. they think this gives him that chance to then speak to those folks who are more receptive to that message. i think you have to look at where he's coming from. i also...
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this is not a time to wait until after the elections. it's time to act now to make sure that individuals who are voting are eligible to vote and our voting rolls are accurate and clean in florida. we plan to do that. >> the folks from the election supervisors have said that they don't think they're going to get a list that's accurate so they're not going to go ahead and do this. they feel like it's not -- >> yes. >> are you going to talk them into it? >> that's a good point. i have spoken to many supervisors and they like i are waiting for the department of homeland security to give us access to save data base which they are legally required to do so that we can better and more accurately determine citizenship here in florida and i'm waiting for a letter, return letter, and response from napolitano, the secretary, who i wrote to a week ago requesting an opportunity to meet and determine how we can get access to that voter record. i think when we have access to that and we need it as soon as possible, supervisors would begin the process a
this is not a time to wait until after the elections. it's time to act now to make sure that individuals who are voting are eligible to vote and our voting rolls are accurate and clean in florida. we plan to do that. >> the folks from the election supervisors have said that they don't think they're going to get a list that's accurate so they're not going to go ahead and do this. they feel like it's not -- >> yes. >> are you going to talk them into it? >> that's a good...
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the election now exactly two weeks away. during the third and final debate last night, the gloves were kind of off. listen. >> the challenge we have, i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> america must be strong. america must lead, and for that to happen we have to strengthen our economy here at home. you can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. >> joining us this morning from cambridge, massachusetts, is former u.s. ambassador to nato and former undersecretary of state for political affairs nicolas burns. nice to see you, sir. thank you very much for talking with us. who do you think in your opinion was stronger in this debate? >> oh, i think, soledad, by any objective measure i think president obama was the more knowledgeable and more self-assured on foreign policy. he has a very good grasp of these issues. obviously he's been president for 3 1/2 years. i did think, soledad, that governor romney was strong when h
the election now exactly two weeks away. during the third and final debate last night, the gloves were kind of off. listen. >> the challenge we have, i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> america must be strong. america must lead, and for that to happen we have to strengthen our economy here at home. you can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. >> joining us this...
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president obama said this is what the election is about. debris with president obama. >> let's be clear, when we get to november, let's say september and october, you're not going to be hearing the voices of cory booker. mitt romney will run them. you know who you're going to hear? the people who said i had a child in cleng, they came in, stripped this company down, they ran the debt up and destroyed this town, those are the voices you're going to hear and trust me the voters out there are going to be saying, hmm, i'm listening to that person as opposed to what harold ford said or cory booker says. the honorable thing for cory booker is stop giving interviews because you're providing more oxygen to the story and let them duke it out. people are going to deal with the reality, some folks in private equity, building up massive amounts of debt, taking over companies to enrich themselves and not focus on the worker. >> you make money by staying in business. this argument shows a fundamental ignorance of capitalism. jobs are a by-product of prof
president obama said this is what the election is about. debris with president obama. >> let's be clear, when we get to november, let's say september and october, you're not going to be hearing the voices of cory booker. mitt romney will run them. you know who you're going to hear? the people who said i had a child in cleng, they came in, stripped this company down, they ran the debt up and destroyed this town, those are the voices you're going to hear and trust me the voters out there...
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the stage now set for the final push to election day. president obama accepting his party's nomination with a speech that some people say was great. others say it wasn't a home run. but a big hit with delegates in the convention hall. the president says unlike mitt romney his leadership has been tested and proven. dana bash has an assessment of how it went. the president is known forgiving great speeches and this is not considered to be a great speech. >> i think the word most people are using and it's accurate is safe. it was a safe speech but he definitely wanted to come cross as somebody who has been humbled by his four years and somebody who understands and wants the american people to understand it's not easy. >> barack obama accepted his party's nomination with the kind of soaring rhetoric that got him elected four years ago, except home and change were replaced by a reality check. >> i recognize the times have changed since i first spoke to this convention. times have changed and so have i. i'm no longer just a candidate. i'm the
the stage now set for the final push to election day. president obama accepting his party's nomination with a speech that some people say was great. others say it wasn't a home run. but a big hit with delegates in the convention hall. the president says unlike mitt romney his leadership has been tested and proven. dana bash has an assessment of how it went. the president is known forgiving great speeches and this is not considered to be a great speech. >> i think the word most people are...
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how the election is going to go. and if all of the citizens of florida know how it's going to go, that's fair. >> change the laws. if felons were allowed to vote, jeb bush allowed them. rick scott took their votes away. >> we should narrow the debate to what it is. is there a legitimate goal in kicking noncitizens off the voting roles? are the tools being used to do that legitimate implementation of that goal? that's the debate. right there. understand what we are debating. and then you can find out what side you fall on. >> all right, guys. thanks. >>> let's go to zoraida for the rest of the day's headlines. >>> victim number one takes stand this morning in day two of the jerry sandusky trial. it was this alleged victim's accusations that first triggered a criminal investigation into the former penn state football coach. yesterday, a 28-year-old man known as victim number four kicked off testimony in the case. he told the court sandusky began showering with him after exercise sessions when he was just 13 years old.
how the election is going to go. and if all of the citizens of florida know how it's going to go, that's fair. >> change the laws. if felons were allowed to vote, jeb bush allowed them. rick scott took their votes away. >> we should narrow the debate to what it is. is there a legitimate goal in kicking noncitizens off the voting roles? are the tools being used to do that legitimate implementation of that goal? that's the debate. right there. understand what we are debating. and then...
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>> if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose and why? >> i'd say clint eastwood would have to be my guy. >> why don't we ask him? >> in between the laughs, was there some actual substance in there? howard kurtz is host of cnn's reliable sources. also washington bureau chief of "the daily beast." walk me through. obviously we showed some of the highlights. parts of it were really, really funny. did they get to sort of the gist and nugget of what you need or hope to get in a debate which is some strong facts? >> having paid my $4.95 to watch this online, soledad, i was surprised the debate was as serious as it was. you showed some of the lighter moments. as the two men were standing rather awkwardly at those podiums they were going at it on issues from redistribution of income to foreign policy. jon stewart wants to show he can be a political prognosticator as well as a funny man and bill o'reilly trying to -- >> let's play a little chunk of what they did say about their health care plans if they were picking. listen. >> you have the priva
>> if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose and why? >> i'd say clint eastwood would have to be my guy. >> why don't we ask him? >> in between the laughs, was there some actual substance in there? howard kurtz is host of cnn's reliable sources. also washington bureau chief of "the daily beast." walk me through. obviously we showed some of the highlights. parts of it were really, really funny. did they get to sort of the gist and...
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five days to go until election day. new polls show it really is anybody's race especially in the critical swing states that will be deciding this election. we'll take a closer look straight ahead. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. >>> welcome back, everybody. more than 5 million people remain without power and the temperature is dropping. >>> also, gridlock, mayhem as transportation systems remain shut down. who can forget we're just five days away from the presidential election, president obama and governor romney touring swing states that are too cl
five days to go until election day. new polls show it really is anybody's race especially in the critical swing states that will be deciding this election. we'll take a closer look straight ahead. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within...
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no one ever got re-elected on a counter factual. obama's main line has been things would be a lot worse unless i put in place the stimulus, had done x, y and z. that's a tough message because you can't necessarily prove it. >> it may be less relevant but will you be better off in four years is as powerful as ever. i don't think it will be a success for the president unless he convinces americans he has a plan to make the next four years better. >> congressman? >> unfortunately, president obama is not working. he doesn't have a plan. plans are exemplified in budgets. it was defeated 99-0. how bad is your budget when nancy pelosi doesn't even vote for it? that's the reality. the president doesn't have a plan. if you want jobs and the economy to move forward, mitt romney and paul ryan. >> governor? you get the final word. >> i disagree and i think to the point that he was making this is going to be a great convention because the president doesn't have the opportunity to highlight not only the progress we've made but the significant dif
no one ever got re-elected on a counter factual. obama's main line has been things would be a lot worse unless i put in place the stimulus, had done x, y and z. that's a tough message because you can't necessarily prove it. >> it may be less relevant but will you be better off in four years is as powerful as ever. i don't think it will be a success for the president unless he convinces americans he has a plan to make the next four years better. >> congressman? >>...
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so before election day. >> yeah. >> is it as simple as that, before election? >> pretty interesting. why didn't the pentagon talk about it? they have in the past talked very openly when there have been these incidents with iran in previous months. the pentagon says it did not talk about it because it was a classified surveillance flight. let me take you a little bit behind the curtain. we here at cnn found out about this incident, went to the -- went to pentagon officials and started asking them about it. at that point, they acknowledged it. they gave me some details about it. and then at a press briefing yesterday, in front of tv cameras, then they openly acknowledged it. they said it had nothing to do with politics, not trying to bring iran up before election day but it was all about it was a classified mission. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you, barbara. >> sure. >>> the man who shot former congresswoman gabby giffords and killed six other people back in 2011 is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. giffords was in court, in fact, when the
so before election day. >> yeah. >> is it as simple as that, before election? >> pretty interesting. why didn't the pentagon talk about it? they have in the past talked very openly when there have been these incidents with iran in previous months. the pentagon says it did not talk about it because it was a classified surveillance flight. let me take you a little bit behind the curtain. we here at cnn found out about this incident, went to the -- went to pentagon officials and...
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greece failed this weekend to fail a government after elections a week ago and stocks in europe down sharply this morning and so are futures here. the worry now is greece could be force to do leave the euro zone and stop using the euro as its currency. it would be fought with peril. using it would favor greek exporters but what good is that if the economy is destroyed? the country would be deeply in debt and the rest of europe left to do business with greece. it means uncertainty in your 401(k) and it means europe's crisis is not over. the euro zone the single u.s. fire of u.s. exports and it matters to american factories and workers and employers today. >>> one member of the european central bank's board said of the possibility of leaving the euro, quote, it is not necessarily fatal but it is not attractive. there you go. >> christine, thank you so much. >>> a question for you this morning. are america's charter schools becoming segregated? right now more than 2 million kids are enrolled in charter school about 4.5% of the country and it's an increase of some 13% from, you know, jus
greece failed this weekend to fail a government after elections a week ago and stocks in europe down sharply this morning and so are futures here. the worry now is greece could be force to do leave the euro zone and stop using the euro as its currency. it would be fought with peril. using it would favor greek exporters but what good is that if the economy is destroyed? the country would be deeply in debt and the rest of europe left to do business with greece. it means uncertainty in your 401(k)...
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>> during an election year, i don't know. historically it has not been, you go back to 1996 when the new republican congress tried to actually talk about some changes to the program and the clinton administration very famously did their mediscare routine -- >> look at 2010, which kind of a reverse similar thing happened but go ahead. >> but -- no just talking strictly in the medicare realm. and now we're to a point in 2012 where we're rapidly approaching the day where there will have to be some significant cuts made. the president acknowledges this by setting up a board that's going to make cuts in medicare where congress will have little impact after the board decided. this is a change people aren't aware of in the president's health care law. this independent payment advisory board, the brain child of tom daschle. wanted to set up the federal reserve for health care. does that sound like a good idea right now? not really. the biggest change, now you'll have this board to tell people when to get their car and how much care t
>> during an election year, i don't know. historically it has not been, you go back to 1996 when the new republican congress tried to actually talk about some changes to the program and the clinton administration very famously did their mediscare routine -- >> look at 2010, which kind of a reverse similar thing happened but go ahead. >> but -- no just talking strictly in the medicare realm. and now we're to a point in 2012 where we're rapidly approaching the day where there...
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she was waiting for the election results. i think had the election results come out the way we hoped they would, she probably would have retired. who wants to serve with them. now that it's turned out very different i think she may be thinking, you know, i can be helpful so the president. and be the big decisions to be made. she's been in public life a long time. >> i mention you're going to talk about your book. i don't want you to think we've forgotten about that. i want to ask a little bit about these generals. what's happening? you write a lot of historical fiction, obviously, you're a student of history. >> i think this is one of those random events that you -- i'm a historian and not a political scientist. i think anything which has lines is wrong because it's not how humans function. you have to ask yourself, this is a human mistake on the part of petraeus. we have no idea with allen yet what happened, if anything in fact did happen. the strongest that i've seen so far is he used the word sweetheart, which frankly for
she was waiting for the election results. i think had the election results come out the way we hoped they would, she probably would have retired. who wants to serve with them. now that it's turned out very different i think she may be thinking, you know, i can be helpful so the president. and be the big decisions to be made. she's been in public life a long time. >> i mention you're going to talk about your book. i don't want you to think we've forgotten about that. i want to ask a little...
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a vision election, the election will be about whose vision going forward is best. but i think democrats will win. i think that's what the democrats are convinced of. >> i don't understand why romney has taken the focus off of the economy. what gets the economy moving and jobs and on to these very narrow fiscal issues which are very important. >> i think they scare people. medicare, a conversation about however you're going to reform -- that's what people don't talk about because it's the third rail and it makes everybody think i want to keep what i have even if it's 0 years and even if the country cannot afford it, people don't want to talk about it. >> ryan has done more than talk with about it. a very specific plan which changes the entire program and puts all of the burden back on working class people who are needy. ryan's plan is to cut taxes on the rich and to shift more of the burden to needy americans. i mean, that's what we're going to hear. >> i disagree with that. >> the agreement ended right there. we're going to take a break. >> we had a quick moment. >
a vision election, the election will be about whose vision going forward is best. but i think democrats will win. i think that's what the democrats are convinced of. >> i don't understand why romney has taken the focus off of the economy. what gets the economy moving and jobs and on to these very narrow fiscal issues which are very important. >> i think they scare people. medicare, a conversation about however you're going to reform -- that's what people don't talk about because...
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>> well on the very day that the obama election team released that ad, he was in new york raising money from the private equity industry so to mr. obama's hypocrisy. >> what about both sides with all due respect? >> president obama is initiating the attack in this area. number two, every third party group who has looked at that attack ad on the obama election campaign has said it's misleading, false and unfair. when that set of events occurred, mitt romney had left bain capital two years removed from bain capital, was leading the charge to restore and turn around the olympics and if you look at his record at bain overall, it's a story of net job increases, not net job losses and steel dynamics situation that the romney campaign is highlighting was a situation where mitt and bain capital grew jobs in the steel industry. overall it's a positive growth record for jobs when he was under bain capital. >> tim pawlenty i appreciate it, former minnesota governor and national co-chair of romney's 2012 presidential campaign. thank you, sir. >> you're welcome. >>> still ahead on "starting point" p
>> well on the very day that the obama election team released that ad, he was in new york raising money from the private equity industry so to mr. obama's hypocrisy. >> what about both sides with all due respect? >> president obama is initiating the attack in this area. number two, every third party group who has looked at that attack ad on the obama election campaign has said it's misleading, false and unfair. when that set of events occurred, mitt romney had left bain...
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re-election. that's it. so we get people getting kill saed every day by the hundreds. yesterday 200. the day before more than that. and nobody is moving to intervene. >> can it be the beginning of the end if there is not intervention by the snunited states? can in fact assad leave or be run out or a coup without the intervention of a super power? >> any dramatic event can change the whole situation. like for example, as an act of revenge, if the regime committed a huge massacre, like what happened in bosnia, like 2,000, 3,000 people get killed by air bombing for example, this would move the whole international committee and force the international community to intervene in syria. i said it repeatedly. the international intervention will happen in syria sooner or later. but unfortunately not before another 15,000 or 20,000 people get killed. i can give you numbers. i receive every single day from inside syria over 2,500 messages. and notifications and phone calls from all the factions fighting in syria right now, civilians and military. i know for sure these numbers. th
re-election. that's it. so we get people getting kill saed every day by the hundreds. yesterday 200. the day before more than that. and nobody is moving to intervene. >> can it be the beginning of the end if there is not intervention by the snunited states? can in fact assad leave or be run out or a coup without the intervention of a super power? >> any dramatic event can change the whole situation. like for example, as an act of revenge, if the regime committed a huge massacre,...
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we're in an election year. how afraid are you that could hurt your party come november? >> let me give you two other big numbers. $5 trillion of debt that the president added to national debt. 11 trillion more of debt he plans to add on. when people look at your network and other networks and see what's going on in greece, i think they are waking up to the fact that if we don't get our fiscal house in order, what we're seeing overseas, we may see here. despite what yesterday's polling data may show, the american people want us to live within our means. republicans have put forward a budget that will grow government each and every year but makes sure the family budget doesn't go broke. we want small business people to be able to grow their businesses and they're not going to do it when the president is threatening the single largest tax increase in american history much of it to small businesses. >> i want to bring in another voice. >> this is will cain. i agree with a lot of what you have to say especially on the goals. we need to get spending cuts in order and we can't
we're in an election year. how afraid are you that could hurt your party come november? >> let me give you two other big numbers. $5 trillion of debt that the president added to national debt. 11 trillion more of debt he plans to add on. when people look at your network and other networks and see what's going on in greece, i think they are waking up to the fact that if we don't get our fiscal house in order, what we're seeing overseas, we may see here. despite what yesterday's polling...
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what the eu decides could have an effect on the election. let me read for everybody exactly what merkel said at the press conference, that a stimulus program could not be repeated and that president obama agreed with her and then she said this, the american president said and we on the european said, that doesn't work, talking about the stimulus, the debts are too high for that. do you think that that's true, that the stimulus would not work? >> the situation is europe is they adopted a strategy of austerity and it's not working. she does recognize there has to be growth as well as responsible fiscal controls. i think the chancellor is trying to understand that there has to be growth in europe, worldwide growth. she has particular issues in germany so she's not as outspoken in terms of growth. the progress they made in trying to unify their institutions, banking institutions, a single hopefully regulator, discussions of ways they can moderate in some respects the conditions with regard to greece, with regard to other countries, those are pos
what the eu decides could have an effect on the election. let me read for everybody exactly what merkel said at the press conference, that a stimulus program could not be repeated and that president obama agreed with her and then she said this, the american president said and we on the european said, that doesn't work, talking about the stimulus, the debts are too high for that. do you think that that's true, that the stimulus would not work? >> the situation is europe is they adopted a...
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there would be a special election. a lot of people think that republican senator scott brown, outgoing republican senator would be the favorite. that's actually working against senator kerry's nomination for anything because you don't think that the democrats don't want to lose a seat potentially. >> that's what i was saying. >> the man who made sure our computers stay virus-free wanted for questioning in connection with a murder. this thing is a mess, too. john mcafee, of the popular anti-virus software, is in hiding after his neighbor was found shot to death in belize. police say they want to talk to mcafee but right now he is nowhere to be found. >>> republican congressman paul ryan says losing last week's election was quote, a foreign experience. but, in his first interview since his failed vp bid he said he's not dwelling on it. >> i really have no regrets at all. it was an honor to be on this ticket. it's an honor that comes to very few people. it was a well-run campaign. we made this campaign about big ideas and
there would be a special election. a lot of people think that republican senator scott brown, outgoing republican senator would be the favorite. that's actually working against senator kerry's nomination for anything because you don't think that the democrats don't want to lose a seat potentially. >> that's what i was saying. >> the man who made sure our computers stay virus-free wanted for questioning in connection with a murder. this thing is a mess, too. john mcafee, of the...
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and particularly in this 2012 election, where there is talk among the candidates about roe v. wade and contraception and reproductive rights and personhood amendment, there are a lot of issues that concern women in a way that don't concern men. and so i thought it was particularly important that this year there be a woman that would be able to ask some of those questions that men might not find as important as we do. >> you were pushing for it. there are a bunch of yog women from new jersey who were pushing for it as well. i know at cnn we were also pushing for that as a company. what do you think was the thing that made the difference? and do you think we'll have to wait another 20 years after this one before -- or does it now change the game? >> no. no, no, no. i was shocked when i found out these three young women in new jersey were upset that it had been 20 years since there had been a female moderator of a presidential debate. and i think america forgot that because we saw gwen ifill do two vice presidential debates. but that's not the really big show. the big show is the
and particularly in this 2012 election, where there is talk among the candidates about roe v. wade and contraception and reproductive rights and personhood amendment, there are a lot of issues that concern women in a way that don't concern men. and so i thought it was particularly important that this year there be a woman that would be able to ask some of those questions that men might not find as important as we do. >> you were pushing for it. there are a bunch of yog women from new...
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don't miss the cnn election roundtable starting at noon eastern time. you do it by logging in to cnn.com/roundtable. soledad, back to you. >>> all right, john. thank you. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," isaac is very close to becoming a hurricane. we have the latest on the storm as it heads our direction, in new orleans. the wind is definitely picking up. much gustier in the last 20 minutes or so. >>> also ahead, someone who helped prepare the city after katrina hit seven years ago. ty pennington will join us live. he is getting some republicans and democrats to work together. oh, my goodness. putting politics aside to build a house. you're watching "starting point." we're back in just a moment. ♪ the one and only, cheerios we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the econom
don't miss the cnn election roundtable starting at noon eastern time. you do it by logging in to cnn.com/roundtable. soledad, back to you. >>> all right, john. thank you. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," isaac is very close to becoming a hurricane. we have the latest on the storm as it heads our direction, in new orleans. the wind is definitely picking up. much gustier in the last 20 minutes or so. >>> also ahead, someone who helped prepare...
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of course, it is an election year and the stakes are very high. i would imagine the pressure on both sides is very high. how do you fix realistically that gridlock? >> i think you have to get democrats and republicans who want to work together and understand job number one is job creation, when the economy is where it is today, we have to work together on both sides of the aisle to get things done and put people back to work. here's an example, mayors across the country, democrat and republican have called on congress to pass the surface transportation bill, that's 2 million jobs we can put people back to work repairing our roads, highways, ports, airports and what's happened? absolutely nothing. when the president says that we can save 325,000 teacher, firefighter and police officer jobs, what's happened with that proposal? mr. romney and the house leadership have said no to that. all we've seen from them is cut cut cut, no investment. i think that's what this election is going to be about, not only about where the unemployment rate is, what we w
of course, it is an election year and the stakes are very high. i would imagine the pressure on both sides is very high. how do you fix realistically that gridlock? >> i think you have to get democrats and republicans who want to work together and understand job number one is job creation, when the economy is where it is today, we have to work together on both sides of the aisle to get things done and put people back to work. here's an example, mayors across the country, democrat and...
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but what is the evidence in the last four years or even since the election that mr. obama won't pocket that victory and then refuse to offer any but token changes on entitlements." >> that's a reversal of what they wrote a few weeks ago where republicans will take the victory in keeping them from going up. >> but if you take this deal now -- that's been the hesitation. the problem is you have no leverage. if you take the deal now, you really lose everything in being able to negotiate about spending cuts, right? >> well, i think that a deal is to be made that would benefit the people if it were done earlier. and the incentive is knowing that the scenario that the "the wall street journal" put forth could take place. we need a discussion right now, and we need to have a discussion where we could have sensible solutions with regard to the safe any net programs as well as the tax cuts. >> what's on the table for the democrats? >> i think what judy is saying is very true. we're going to get to this point anyway. it's just a question of when and how much damage will be don
but what is the evidence in the last four years or even since the election that mr. obama won't pocket that victory and then refuse to offer any but token changes on entitlements." >> that's a reversal of what they wrote a few weeks ago where republicans will take the victory in keeping them from going up. >> but if you take this deal now -- that's been the hesitation. the problem is you have no leverage. if you take the deal now, you really lose everything in being able to...
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. >>> some good news, bad news for the obama re-election campaign last month. really bad news bad news. team obama raised $49.2 million in july, but spent $59 plnl. million. meantime, the romney campaign is on a winning streak when it comes to fundraiser. romney and his supporters collected $101 million in july, $25 million more than obama, and his democratic fundraisers. that's three straight months for romney outpacing obama in fundraising. and now the romney team has $65 million more in the bank than obama. >>> pressure now building on missouri candidate todd akin to quit the race. he said he is not going down without a fight. he released a new ad this morning. >> the fact is, rape can lead to pregnancy. the truth is rape has many victims. the mistake i made was in the words i said, not in the heart i hold. >> steve forbes is a publishing executive, two-time presidential candidate. he has written a new book called "the freedom manifesto: why free markets are moral and big government isn't." nice to see i. >> good to see you. >> he said the mistake i made was
. >>> some good news, bad news for the obama re-election campaign last month. really bad news bad news. team obama raised $49.2 million in july, but spent $59 plnl. million. meantime, the romney campaign is on a winning streak when it comes to fundraiser. romney and his supporters collected $101 million in july, $25 million more than obama, and his democratic fundraisers. that's three straight months for romney outpacing obama in fundraising. and now the romney team has $65 million...
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what i said on election night was even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. >> mark mcewen is a former 2008 presidential adviser, wrote a new article about the fallout of that video for the daily beast. it's online today. good morning. nice to see you, as always. give me a sense of how bad this is. your article says very, very, very bad. >> happy birthday, soledad. i started off this week. i started off, actually, defending the campaign. this is kind of the post libya comment. because i remember being in this exact position in september of 2000. we came out of the conventions, gore had a good convention, stepped on our bounce. we were three points down. everybody was firing guns at the campaign, saying we should all be fired. i'm familiar with this condition. and -- but when the tape comment came out, it really gave me pause. when you start cynically writing off half the country as victims, that's not big. that's not presidential. that's not the sort of thing that we want to hear from a president. so, there's a l
what i said on election night was even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. >> mark mcewen is a former 2008 presidential adviser, wrote a new article about the fallout of that video for the daily beast. it's online today. good morning. nice to see you, as always. give me a sense of how bad this is. your article says very, very, very bad. >> happy birthday, soledad. i started off this week. i started off,...
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murdoch's paper's famously switched support to blair's political party right before he was elected. "news of the world" is accused of hacking the phones of several high-profile people. >>> an international murder mystery is unfolding right now in japan. two american men are being held by tokyo police in connection with the strangling of an irish exchange student. police say the suspects met the female victim at a nicki menage concert in tokyo last week. she's identified as 21 neither nicola furlong. police say she was found unconscious in a hotel room early thursday morning. no word on how the two american men may be involved there. >>> president obama will be laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns in arlington national cemetery. this is a live picture from here he kicks off a 13-year project to honor veterans of the vietnam war today. the president will peek at the wall and honor those who served starting now and going through 2025, the 50-year anniversary of the last u.s. troops pulling out of saigon. >>> reports of $5 a gallon gasoline by memorial day greatly exaggerated. we
murdoch's paper's famously switched support to blair's political party right before he was elected. "news of the world" is accused of hacking the phones of several high-profile people. >>> an international murder mystery is unfolding right now in japan. two american men are being held by tokyo police in connection with the strangling of an irish exchange student. police say the suspects met the female victim at a nicki menage concert in tokyo last week. she's identified as 21...